Am I being hacked?

[solo]

I've got a Netgear wireless router. When I click on the "find available networks" button on the wizard, there is a guys name there. I don't know of anyone with that name near to me. Signal strength at the mo' is 0%, but i have seen it up to 6%. Just wondering if anyone can offer any insight as to what is going on. Cheers.

 

[TonyWarrington]

As long as you have set your wireless router up with either WPA or WEP (pref WPA) you have some safety from being hacked. have a look here http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3672711

The fact that you can see someone else on find available networks is normal. It is not a good idea to put your name anywhere in the router wireless setting - if you can be identified perhaps you make a better target for the "baddies"
I have 6 that I can see - 2 actually have there own names showing but are on a protected system. One occasionally comes up with no protection - so in theory I could use this by allowing my computer to connect to his system and steal his bandwidth. If I knew who he was I would tell him to protect himself!

Signal strength being low would indicate user is some distance away from you - that may mean several hundred metres or less

 

[solo]

Thanks for the Tony. I'm using the WPA security setting. I'll sleep a bit easier now.